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emmW ' ii"iaflWi :?) t v T WESTERN CANADA 1908 CROP WILL QIVI TO THE FARMERS OF WEST A SPLENDID RETURN. The following Interesting bit of In formation appeared In a Montreal paper: "Lost December, In reviewing the year 1907, we had to lecord a wheat harveBt considerably smaller In vol ume than in the previous year. AgaliiBt ninety millions In 1906 the wheat crop of the West In 1907 only totaled some seventy-one million bushels, and much of this of Inferior quality. But tho price averaged high, and the total re sult to the farmers was not unprofit able. This year wo Juivo to record by far the largest wheat crop in tho coun try's histoiy. Estimates vary as to the exact figure, but it Is ceitainly not less than one hundrod million bushels, and in all probability it i caches one hundred and ten million bushels. The quality, moreover, is good, -and tho price obtained very high, so that In all respects the Western harvest of 1908 has been a memorable one. The result upon the commerce and finance of the country is already apparent. The railways are again reporting In creases in traffic, the geneial trade of the community has become active after twelve months' quiet, and the banks are loosening their purse strings to meet the demand for money. Th prospects for 1909 are excellent. Tho credit of the country never stood as hitfh. The immigrants of 1907 and 1908 have now been absorbed Into the in dubtrial and agricultural community, and wise regulations are in force to prevent too great an Influx next year. Large tracts of new country will be opened up by the Grand Trunk Pacific both In East and West. If the seasons are favorable the Western wheat crop should reach one hundred and twenty million bushels. The prospects for next year seem very fair." An inter esting letter Is received fiom Cardston, Alberta (Western Canada), written to an agent of the Canadian Government, any of whom will be pleased to advlBe correspondents of the low rates that may be allowed intending settlers. "Cardston, December 21st, 1908. "Dear Sir: Now that my threshing la done, and the question 'What Will the Harvest Be,' has become a cer tainty, I wish to report to you the re sults thereof, believing it will be of In terest to you. You know I am only a novice in the agricultural line, nnd do not wish you to think I am boasting because of my success, for some of my neighbors have done much better than I have, and I expect to do much bet ter next year myself. My winter wheat went 53 bushels per acre and graded No. 1. My spring wheat went 48 bushels per acre, and graded No. 1, My oats went 97 bushels per acre, and are fine as any oats I ever saw. My stock is all nice and fat, and are out In the field picking their own three square meals a day. The weather is nice and warm, no snow and very little frost. This, in short, Is an ideal (country for farmers and stockmen. The stock requites no shelter or win ter feeding, and cattle fatten on this grass and make the finest kind of beef, better than corn fed cattle In Ills. Southwestern Alberta will soon be known as the farmers' paiadlse; and I am only sorry I did not come here live years ago. , Should a famine ever strike North America, I will bo among the last to starve and you can count on that. U thank you for the personal assist ance you rendered -me while coming In here, and I assure you I shall not soon forget your kind offices." Ferstcd Two Days and Nights. Commander Peary ".nd hte party, r turning famished from their futll dash for the pole in 1900, slaughters a herd of seven musk oxen on Hazen Island, off the extreme north of Green land. For two days and nights there after they crouched InBide their snow huts, eating continuously, and whou they had finished, tho pile of bones outside was "as high as a tall man's chin." Legislative News, Bills Introduced :: 1 1 And Passed by Our Law Maker o o Members of the state mining board cannot draw per diem for more than twenty days In any one quarter, un der an amendment to the mining law introduced -by Senator Sorrels, author of tho present law. At present there Is no such limit. The Ptcallng of cotton, growing, in tho seed or baled, is made a felony in a bill Introduced in the upper houso by Senator Mitchell, and Is punishable by Imprisonment for not moro than $1,000, or both fine and Imprisonment, at tho discretion of tho court. An Informal meeting of a number of state 'bankers was held here Mon day In the offico of Bank Commis sioner Young at which tho features of the Roddle bill for .unending the depositors' guarantee law were dis cussed. Senator A. BHlups, author of the famous Oklahoma "booze bill" passed by the last legislature Monday in troduced in the state senate a meas ure designed to improve upon the present dispensary system. Local agencies are abolished apd one sttae agency maintained. The sale of beer for medical or other purposes Is absolutely prohibited. Druggists are to be supplied with whiskey, wines or alcohol in ve gallon lots or less, such liquors to be sold only when combined with a drug for medi cinal purposes. State Auditor Trapp is holding up the pay of officers and employes of the legislature on account of an ap parent dofect In tho Wilson bill pessed recently 'by tho legislature which apropriated $100,000 for the mileage, per diem and contingent ex penses of the second legislature. Mr. Trapp is issuing warrants to tho members of 'both houses 'but ex presses doubt as to his authority un der the law to pay employes and of ficers without a soparate appropria tion 'bill specically setting out the names and salaries of such employes. Meanwhile officers and employes are unable to draw pay for their services temporarily. Although several members de nounced the bill In the strongest terms, declalring it to bo porniclous, the houso Monday passed tho Tlllot son bill providing for the method of leasing lands of minor children for oil and gas to third reading. Section 2 of the bill, as it original ly stood, provided that tho lands of minors could be leased without publication notice. Cope, among oth ers, opposed this section and intro duced as a substitute sections pro Idlng for threo weeks' publication no tices which might be reduced to one week in emergency cases in tho dls cretlon of the court. This substitute was adopted after a hot debate. The senate in committee of tho whole Monday afternoon recommend ed 'for adoption Senator Franklin's child labor 1)111. Favorable action was also taken on the Yeager 'bill providing for a pension of $100 per year for any blind person halng an Income of less than $150 a year, who has 'been a resident of tho stato for seven years, and tho Cordoll bill covering the pro cedure In regard to wills, providing that a husband may not will moro than two-thirds of his property away from his wife nor a wlfo from her husband. A mesBago was received from the governor stating two questions hnd come up in connection with tho school land department. First, can the expense of tho do Public Roads and Highways I. M. Putnnm, chairman; .Too Smith, Peter J. Coyne, W. S. Cnraon, Alox Savago, H. .1. Earle. homas C. Whltson, J. .7. Snvaget L. L. Reoves, Ben F. Gilmer, It. L. Glover, A. L. Edglngton and Joo Shermnn. Elections J. R. McCalla, chair man: Howell Smith, M. B. Cope, Geo. L. Wilson, S. G. Ashley, E. A. Ewoll, Ben. E. Williams, Prentiss Prlco, Ben T. Harrison, W. B. Anthony and Jas. Lockwood. Labor and Arbitration J. W. Mc Duffle, chairman; L. L. Reeves, J. S. Boll. S. G. Ashby, Ben T. Williams, Ed Boyle, E. A. Ewoll, S. C. Burnott, Poter C. Coyne, W. F. Durham, Lon Lovelace, John Bridges, Isaac Jacobs, S. W. Murphy and John Bonar. Protection of Birds, Fish and Game Joo Smith, chairman; Frank Hud dleston, H. R. King, C. M. Ander son, Lyman W. White, Henry Ircton, Georgo L. Wilson, D. C. Hughes, Isaac Jacobs, John Bonar and Eugene Watrous. Among tho bills offered In tho houes today was one by Mr. Maxoy of Shawnee, amending the act cover ing carrying concealed weapons to violate this law while under tho In fluence of liquor, even though ho be a public official, and confined in tho penitentiary from one to five years. Tho present penalty ia a misdemean or. Mr. Lovelace presented a bill pro posing an appropriation of $110,000 for the School of Mines at Wilbur ton. $70,000 to be used for an oro building, $50,000 for a workshop, $25, 000 for a laboratory and $10,000 for Mho first story of the main building. Mr. trice ot usage county, nas a bill Increasing tho salary of tlfo stato bank commissioner $2,5000 and that of assistants $1,800 each, with ex penses. Other house bills wero: By Mr. Boyle: To prohibit tho sale of convict-made goods unless they bear such label, and requiring bond of $500 from merchants selling same. By Mr. Glover: That taxes shall not be assessed earlier than the first Monday In June. By Mr. Huddleston: Locating a nor mal school at Ada. By Mr. Merry: Designating tho fourth Tuesday In February of each year as primary election day for nom inations in cities of the first class. By Mr. Ashby: Making Eldorado a court town in Jackson county. By Messrs. Glover and Iretnn: Lo cating a girls' industrial school at Chickasha. By Mr. Covey: Offering a bounty of $3.00 each for wolves and coyotes and 5 cents each for jack and cottontail rabbits. By Mr. White: Locating tho East Oklahoma Insane asylum at Hugo. By Mr. Cope: Repealing the stat utes authorizing the employment of county auditors. Senate Bills. Among the senate bills were tho following: By Senator Strain: Locating ti girls' industrial school at Claremoro By Senator Williams: Providing a tax for retired nnd meritorious fire men. By Senator Redwlne: Fixing tho number of hours railroad employes may work. By Senator Hathcett: Creating a laborer's lien. COULD NOT SHAKE IT OFP. His Second Term. Col. A. P. Watson, ro-elected cor poration commissioner at the last general olection began the duties of his second term of office Friday. Tho oath was administered to him by W. M. Bonar, deputy clerk of tho su premo court, In tho presence of quite a crowd of spectators. Colonel Wat son Btated, however, that tho re-organization would- not result in any changes in officers or employes. Jack Love will bo re-elected chairman of partment foe paid from the earnings, the commission. of school fund and revenues rrom tho school lands? Second, can tho board employ at torneys to e.xamlno abstracts, draw lease contracts and do other work where legal knowledge is needed? Mombors of Company M, Okla homa national guard, of Oklahoma City, under Captain Fred Hunter, will go to Washington to take part In the inaugural parade. Kidney Trouble Contracted by Thou sands in the Civil War. James W. Clay, 6CC W. Fayotto St, Baltimore, Md., says: "I was trou bled with kldnoy complaint from tho time of tho Civil war. Thero was constant pain In tho back and head and tho kid ney secretions wero painful and showed a sediment. Tho first remedy to holn mo A'as Donn's Kldnoy Pills. Threo boxes mndo a comploto euro nnd durlnir flvo years past 1 havo had no return of the troublo." Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fos ter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Mice on the Pillow. "I'm not so much afraid of mice as some women," said she, "but I don't llko them In my hair. Tho other night I finished a biscuit I was eating after I went to bed and naturally loft some crumbs about, not meaning to, never thinking of mice. "Well, about tho middle of tho night I heard scampering, and thoro were tho mice all over my hair, trying t get at those crumbs. "I tell yon, I gavo one shriek, sprang up, lighted nil tho gas in the room nnd sat up the rest of the night watch ing that pillow." His Vocabulary. He was an only child. They wero eery particular about his manner of speech, constantly correcting him so that ho would uso beautiful English. He, however, was allowed now and then to associate with other children. Ho played with a neighbor boy a long while one day and when he cams home thero was an ecstatic smile on his face. "I like that boy, mother," he said. "I like him very much. . Ho swears beautifully. Ho knows every word." Absent-Minded Alderman. A Lynn (Mass.) alderman at a re cent aldormanic meeting inquired what had becomo of an order ho had Intro duced some time befoie calling for an arc light on Willow street. Tho city clerk, after digging fcito his files, in formed him that the order had coma before tho board nearly a month pre vious and that he had voted against it, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW ' Proved a Wise, Good Friend. A young woman out in la, found a wise, good friend in her mother-in-law, jokes notwithstanding. She writes: "It is two years sinco wo began us ing Postum in our house. I was great ly troubled with my stomach, complex ion was blotchy and yellow. After meals I often suffered sharp pains and would havo to Ho down. My mother often told mo It was tho coffee I drank at meals. But when I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe headache. "While visiting my mother-in-law I remarked that she always mado such good coffee, and nsked her to toll mo how. She laughed and told mo it was easy to make good 'coffee' when you uso PoBtum. "I began to uso Postum ns soon as I got home, and now we havo tho same good 'coffee (Postum) every day, and I havo no moro troublo. Indigestion Js a thing of the past, and my complex ion has cleared up beautifully. "My grandmother suffered a great deal with her stomach. Her doctor told her to leave off coffee. Sho then took tea but that was just as bad. "Sho finally was Induced to try Postum which sho has used for over a year. Sho traveled during tho winter over tho greator part of Iowa, visiting, something sho had not been able to do for years. Sho says sho owes hep present good health to Postum." Namo given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Road, "Tho Road to Woll villo," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." J3tcr rend the above letter? A new bb HppearM from time to time. 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